Fading painted signs

Vancouver

Scaffolding on a ghostsign for the Little Theatre in Vancouver — This ghostsign for the Little Theatre in Vancouver is the subject of a unique preservation effort prompted by the efforts of the Grandview Heritage Group. In response to a letter sent to the developers currently at work on the building they have been told that […]

A novel approach to ghostsign conservation from Vancouver

This entry was posted in Sign Preservation Signs of Note and tagged Arts Canada Entertainment Grandview Heritage Group Little Theatre Protection Theatre Vancouver on November 17, 2012 by Sam Roberts

1920’s Harold Lloyd Film Poster found in Vancouver from VanArts on Vimeo. This sign continues to win affections, and now there is this new material and analysis from Vancouver Arts. See the story so far on this post and this one.

Vancouver Arts profile the Grandma’s Boy reveal (with @VanArts)

This entry was posted in Individual Signs Related Work and tagged Canada Film Ghostsigns Grandma's Boy Harold Lloyd RIP Vanarts Vancouver Video on April 9, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Grandma's Boy ghostsign demolished Vancouver Canada — This is the scene at the central Vancouver intersection where this sign enjoyed an unexpected two weeks’ of fame following the destruction of the adjacent building. A nice collection of photos documenting the brief rise, and rapid fall, of the sign in this Vancouver Sun […]

Grandma’s Boy sign in Vancouver is no more, RIP

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Canada Film Ghostsigns Grandma's Boy Harold Lloyd RIP Vancouver on March 8, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Following this post on the main blog I stumbled across this small collection of Vancouver ghostsigns and a link to this article where some of the local heritage and conservation issues are discussed. The situation in that respect is very similar to that in the […]

More Vancouver Ghostsigns and related article

This entry was posted in Sign Collections and tagged Canada Ghostsigns Protection Vancouver on February 28, 2012 by Sam Roberts

Grandma's Boy ghostsign Vancouver Canada — Twitter and my Google Reader came alive this week following the demolition of a Vancouver building that left the best part of this 1920s sign clear for all to see. Located on corner of Granville Street and Robson Street, it is a colourful specimen in excellent […]

Vancouver demolition reveals intriguing ghostsign

This entry was posted in Individual Signs and tagged Canada Film Grandma's Boy Harold Lloyd RIP Vancouver on February 26, 2012 by Sam Roberts